Docker containers should start at boottime.

README.install-latest

@@ -60,8 +60,17 @@ apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docke
 #     systemctl disable docker.service
 #     systemctl disable containerd.service
 #
-systemctl enable docker.service
 systemctl enable containerd.service
+systemctl enable docker.service
+
+# !! Note !!
+#
+# if enabling 'docker service' failed, you can try to manually set the symlink that causes 
+# automatic booting:
+#
+#     ln -s /lib/systemd/system/docker.service /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/
+
+systemctl daemon-reload
 
 
 # ----------

install-docker.sh

@@ -538,5 +538,60 @@ else
    info "All needed debian packages already installed."
 fi
 
+
+_service_name="containerd"
+echononl "Enable '${_service_name}.service' - start at boot time.."
+if $(systemctl is-enabled ${_service_name}.service --quiet 2> /dev/null) ; then
+   echo_skipped
+else
+   systemctl enable ${_service_name}.service > "$log_file"  2>&1
+   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then
+      echo_ok
+   else
+      echo_failed
+      error "$(cat $log_file)"
+
+      echononl "continue anyway [yes/no]: "
+      read OK
+      OK="$(echo "$OK" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+      while [[ "$OK" != "yes" ]] && [[  "$OK" != "no" ]] ; do
+         echononl "Wrong entry! - repeat [yes/no]: "
+         read OK
+      done
+      [[ $OK = "yes" ]] || fatal "Interrupted by user."
+
+   fi
+fi
+
+
+_service_name="docker"
+echononl "Enable '${_service_name}.service' - start at boot time.."
+if $(systemctl is-enabled ${_service_name}.service --quiet 2> /dev/null) ; then
+   echo_skipped
+else
+   systemctl enable ${_service_name}.service > "$log_file"  2>&1
+   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then
+      echo_ok
+   else
+      echo_failed
+      error "$(cat $log_file)"
+
+      info "You can try to manually set the symlink that causes automatic booting:
+
+             \033[1mln -s /lib/systemd/system/docker.service /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/\033[m"
+
+      echononl "continue anyway [yes/no]: "
+      read OK
+      OK="$(echo "$OK" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+      while [[ "$OK" != "yes" ]] && [[  "$OK" != "no" ]] ; do
+         echononl "Wrong entry! - repeat [yes/no]: "
+         read OK
+      done
+      [[ $OK = "yes" ]] || fatal "Interrupted by user."
+
+   fi
+fi
+
+
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